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Secondly, books are catagorized by the "world's most widely used library classification system" known as the Dewey Decimal System.

"The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system, devised by library pioneer Melvil Dewey in the 1870s and owned by OCLC since 1988, provides a dynamic structure for the organization of library collections. Now in its 22nd edition, and available in print and Web versions, the DDC is the world�s most widely used library classification system."

Source: http://www.oclc.org/dewey/about/




You must not have gone to college. At least not yet.

Universities and Research Institutions don't use Dewey Decimal. They use the Library of Congress (the one the gov't created, like he said) system which does break items down into categories unlike the DDC which simply uses numbers. The Bible is indeed placed under "Non-Fiction", "Historical", and "Religious/Spiritual".

The DDC is well-suited to small libraries because it's easier to learn and use and is better suited on libraries with only a few books, but for bigger libraries the standardized LoC system is used.

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